Advisory council calls for openness in forest issues

The National Economic and Social Advisory Council (NESAC) is urging the government to open up policy on the nation's forests for more public involvement and discussion.

108-year-old Grandpa Yen dies
Phetchaburi - Grandpa Yen, a 108-year-old man who had been living alone in his small boat for years, died here of natural causes yesterday morning.

Royal awards mark technology achievements
A group of 12 technologists from the National Metal and Materials Technology Centre (MTEC) have been chosen for Outstanding Technologist Awards for their greenhouse innovation that helps lift agricultural productivity.

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Chinese-made tear-gas may have caused severe injuries
Teargas canisters imported from China may have caused the severe wounds to victims injured during the police dispersal of antigovernment protesters on Tuesday, a veteran forensic expert said yesterday.

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Snippets from a day of chaos
Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul's husband Santisuk Sophonsiri sneaked into the House yesterday when he saw People Power MPs walking towards his wife and abusing her after she protested about the injured demonstrators and called on the government to show responsibility by dissolving the House.
UN chief to call Thai PM over Sudan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to telephone Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat yesterday evening about dispatching troops to Sudan, said Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat.
Floods have killed 18 so far
The death toll from heavy flooding throughout the country has risen to 18, health authorities said yesterday, while nearly 190,000 people have fallen sick.
warning on china sweets
People in the North have been warned not to eat confectionery from China. Health professionals worry crackers, cereals and sweets from China may have been made with tainted milk.

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Environment

hearing on resorts in parks
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry will hold a public hearing on a plan to allow private investors to operate resorts in national parks for as long as 30 years. The public hearing is scheduled to take place on September 25.

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Health&Science

Chalerm wants GPO cases dropped so he can hire new board
Public Health Minister Chalerm Yoobamrung, in a bid to appoint new members for the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) board, wants the agency's chairman Dr Wichai Chokewiwat to withdraw his lawsuit against former minister Chaiya Sasomsab.

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Education

Parents revise for college
More than 600 adults in their 40s were among 132,209 applicants for the GAT (General Aptitude Test) and PAT (Professional and Academic Aptitude Test) exams, a senior official said yesterday.

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Metro/Crimes

All fake!
Police have seized more than 42,000 fake Viagra tablets and another 3,300 aphrodisiac tablets worth in total around Bt17 million from a warehouse in Samut Prakan province.